I hope you have right with Queen. For me she's like pyramids in Egypt: I can't imagine GB without her.

I personally like prince Charles, but unfortunately in the media he's shown as a "guy who talks to plants". People often forget about he did many good thing and not treat him very seriously. And people really should care about global warming and rest.

I have impression that the media in UK has too much influance on public opinion. Maybe William is serious, responsible, well-educated young man, but for many of us (becouse of press: invented scandals, lies, never ending speculation about his wedding with Kate etc.) he's rather English version of Brad Pitt or sth like that.

P.S I like Harry Potter too, but in my age it isn't thing you should to be proud.

I don't think so and it has to do with the status of the British. Ask people on the streets across the globe and they will recognize QE II or Prince Charles - but Queen Beatrix, King Juan Carlos, Queen Margrethe, sorry who?

You are absolutely correct. Most people here in America cannot recognize any other Royal except Queen Elizabeth II. Plus, they could care less -- especially Holland, Belgium, Norway [Princess Victoria's engagement didn't even make the 11:00 PM news!] Most think I am silly that I enjoy world history and read about different monarchies and their origins. To each their own -- I got bored to death at the Indianapolis 500 that others drooled over.

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Thank God for the internet for those of us in America who want royal news, Winnie! :)

One facet of a possible William wedding that hasn't been mentioned is the educational dimension -- people watching all over the world will get to see a gathering of tons of current royals and political leaders, and they may learn something about world politics that they might not otherwise!

I hope you have right with Queen. For me she's like pyramids in Egypt: I can't imagine GB without her.

If you read the press from the late 1890s many of these sentiments were being expressed by the public and the press about Queen Victorian and yet Edward VII became a much beloved and deeply mourned King.

We got occasional pictures of the Royals, but it was generally things like birth announcements and so on unless there was a scandal. In my royal-scrapbook days, I'd get the paper from another part of the province if something interesting was on the tv news.

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i'm really surprised Mermaid...here in my neck of the woods, i find our papers are usually up to speed.

And on the other poiint of other countries. I'm in the US and until I came to TRF I didn't realize that Spain had a king.. Actuially I came first just for a hat picture from Ascot and ended up reading everything there is to read here. I've learned a lot.

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Oh MG I knew more about JC (and im not talking religion) from high school than I did about QE2 and I am a loyal and devout monarchist and she is my head of state. JC is one of the few royals who has had a very active and improtant part in his countrys recent history and helped to define and make it the nation it is today. Wills and the other heirs may be so lucky as to be placed in a position that they will be required to make a decision of such magnitutude and please God they would have the strength of character to stand up for their people.

Oh MG I knew more about JC (and im not talking religion) from high school than I did about QE2 and I am a loyal and devout monarchist and she is my head of state. JC is one of the few royals who has had a very active and improtant part in his countrys recent history and helped to define and make it the nation it is today. Wills and the other heirs may be so lucky as to be placed in a position that they will be required to make a decision of such magnitutude and please God they would have the strength of character to stand up for their people.

Who is JC?

As you said you weren't talking religion I ruled out Jesus Christ so I am assuming Julius Caesar.

I know of no one else who would have their name shortened to JC but Julius Caesar doesn't fit in with your post.

Or at least we could stop talking about the reported engagement and actually starting talking about a true engagement

I do want William to marry for love and all that...but we need a bit of good news now...we will just have to wait for Victoria of Sweden to get married.

We have over a year to wait for that event.
To be frank, he either has to marry Kate or at least get enagaged soon. To give us something to go on. All this ralkof maybe soon, maybe summer, maybe winter is boring and tedious.
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Interesting article, Lady Laura. I wouldn't be surprised if the engagement ring is a colored stone like a sapphire, but I doubt very much that it would be set just like Diana's, as the article suggests. That ring is far too famous to be recreated, and I think Harry's the one who has the real thing. Surely they'd want something fresh and new.